Technological Mediums in which help Music acts become Famous

In todays society the internet reigns supreme, the internet is now the main form of technology in which media shines. This is due to the whole world being able to share the internet and interect with each other. Without the Internet it would be hard for bands of today to advertise themselves and become as big as they are. All sorts of technology has helped the freedom of music today, for example the use of Mp3 files which enables us to listen to music with out a CD or tape which means its all done through files for example with the ipod.



Youtube the most viewed video sharing website on the internet is a great way to post your videos on because its free to put videos on the website and it can get you lots of publicity from people all over the world. Many celebrity singers of today have made it famous through posting videos of them on youtube for example a girl called Charice posted videos of her singing when she was 13 and now she is a popstar and now finds herself in the charts earning lots of money. We would use youtube to promote our band and get publicity which could lead to being spotted by the big organisations like the Universal music group.
 
TV is also a great way to gain publicity, however it is a lot harder to get yourself on TV because you would need to be famous first so that you could get on TV because TV is a huge buisness which only puts the audiences interests first. TV should be used after becoming famous to increase the bands publicity and improve the relationship between the audience and the band. It is more of a stepping stone to become the most famous once on TV.

Websites like Myspace and Facebook are a good way to start out as they are a free way of advertising your band. They also allow room for you to advertise your band how you want and when you want. It is also a good way to show when your concerts and gigs are to all your followers (as most indie bands need to gig a lot to make themselves known).

Even though radio has always been about in terms of modern technology, it is still a great way to advertise my band because thousands of people listen to the radio and it could gain appreciation from listeners and by putting music on the radio it could lead to thousands of sales and also means record companies could gain an interest in you.


In order to become a big and successful band we must use alot of these technological mediums.